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Guns are not the problem and neither more gun control or more armed citizens are the answer. Every ounce of political will expended in futile argument over gun control means less spent productively on public policy that will make a real difference. We can’t afford to waste scarce public health resources or any more young lives. We know what doesn’t work. Let’s do more of what works. …

Patting himself on the back about reducing the rate of growth isn’t enough. Sooner or later Uncle Sam will have to reconsider ordering strawberries before he has to sign over the deed to his land to Miss Jintao. Maybe Uncle Sam will come to his senses after he falls off the cliff. …

Our tendency in this society is to push the legal boundaries until they break. The old marriage taboos to prevent incest have a long history and a scientific basis. The same limitations applied to a redefined domestic partnership do not, and those boundaries will be pushed in the name of fairness by the same legal minds that declared an intoxicated off-duty cop protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act when he committed hit and run. …

Setting budget priorities requires facing tough choices. If we really are going to face our budget deficit and stop the insane borrowing, there can be no sacred cows. Or birds. Even Big Bird. Romney gets it. …

Before you decide how you’re going to vote this year, check out the core values of each party as expressed in their party platforms. Read the Republican Party Platform and you just might find you are a Republican in 2012. …

It is the responsibility of the woman who carries a new life – a new life, not an inconvenient clump of cells – to make choices both for herself and the baby. We need to discuss the beginning of life with the same diligence we have applied to determining appropriate sideboards for end of life decisions. …

When the Department of Revenue streamlined filing for Prevailing Wage compliance on line, somebody decided it was a great new way to collect more money without having to provide any more services. That’s a tax, not a fee. …

Jim Kastama has mis-represented two major newspaper editorials as if they were individual endorsements. In reality, the editorial boards simply recommended Kastama and Kim Wyman as the top two of the four primary candidates. When you stretch the truth that far, it breaks. …

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